Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Five, 9th October 2020
Updates from the principal’s desk Dear Panaga School Community, Staffing Updates I am pleased to report that significant progress has taken place in relation to our new teacher arrivals. Miss Suzi, our new P3 teacher, has now officially joined Panaga School community with her family. Children from P3 have met Miss Suzi. We have a P3 parent assembly due Friday 23rd October, where parents will have further opportunity to meet with Miss Suzi. Expect more information about this parent event at school’s return. We are Panaga School now able to confirm that 5 more incoming teachers have all acquired entry IFM/4, travel approvals with flights booked, with 2 other incoming teacher BSP Company Sdn Bhd, approvals still in process. See the table below for details: Seria, KB 3534, Negara Brunei Darussalam
(+673) 3375728/3372139 (Teraja/ Melilas), (+673) 3372694 (Mendaram/ Rampayoh)
Teaching Location
Travel Date TBC
Notes
Nursery
22.10.20
All approvals finalised , confirmed arrival date.
P2
Late Oct/early Nov
Direct flights from base allow booking once visa is issued.
P3
8.10.2020
Arrived and in school. To meet parents from 20.10.20.
P4
22.10.20
All approvals finalised , confirmed arrival date.
P5
22.10.20
All approvals finalised , confirmed arrival date.
P6
20.10.20
All approvals finalised , confirmed arrival date.
MY English
22.10.20
All approvals finalised , confirmed arrival date.
NTC
31.10.20
Visa approval still in process.
Updates for School Operations We continue to monitor and respond to Ministry guidance in relation to Principal: Cindy Bin Tahal school operations. Next half term, we will begin offering more parent (+673) 3372355/ engagements, as possible. This week’s PSW Upcoming Events page 8777028 displays such changes, showing where parents are invited into school. cindybintahal@ While enjoying the realities of a COVID-free Brunei, we also continue to be panagaschool.com diligent in our understanding of the global pandemic taking place. Please continue to practise social distancing, scanning your QR code to be onsite, Panaga School Senior taking temperatures at main foyers, maintaining good hygiene with regular Administration Officer: hand washing and staying away from school if unwell.
Jalinah Bte Ali (+673) 3375728 jalinah.ali@bsp-shell.bn
Cross Country Thank you to Mr Nathan and our teaching team who created a successful in -school cross country for our P4 to M2 students this morning, despite the Admin Support, rain. It was wonderful to see all students take part in this event. Photos from Rampayoh/Mendaram: the event are being compiled and will be shared in our next edition of PSW. Zurimah Bte Jumat z.jumat@bsp-shell.bn
School Returns Tuesday 20th October Today marks the end of Term 1.1. Students return to school on Tuesday Admin Support, Teraja: 20th October. Here’s wishing everybody a safe break! I also extend Hasmah Bte Hj Salleh tremendous thanks to our teachers who are managing large workloads in hasmah.salleh@ the absence of many new colleagues. Our teachers really do deserve next bsp-shell.bn week’s break, although I know for many, this will also create time to catch up on school work. Teaching really is a lifestyle choice and our professional team of teachers are world class. Thank you to our teachers. Kind regards, Cindy
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Five, 9th October 2020
19th Oct
20th Oct
21st Oct
22nd Oct
Whole School Mendaram (PN-N) Rampayoh (P1-P3)
23rd Oct Wear Pink
School Closure P1 Coffee Morning P6M Trip to BSRC
Teacher Training Day
Teraja (P4-P7)
P3 Assembly
Melilas (M1-M2) 26th Oct
27th Oct
28th Oct
Whole School
29th Oct
30th Oct
Public Holiday
Mendaram (PN-N) Rampayoh (P1-P3)
Friends of Mendaram
Maths Day Prophet Muhd’s
Teraja (P4-P7)
P4 Camp Walk
Melilas (M1-M2)
(SAW) Birthday
2nd Nov
3rd Nov
4th Nov
5th Nov
6th Nov
11th Nov
12th Nov
13th Nov
Whole School Mendaram (PN-N) Rampayoh (P1-P3) Teraja (P4-P7)
P5 Exit Point
Melilas (M1-M2) 9th Nov
10th Nov
Whole School Mendaram (PN-N) Rampayoh (P1-P3) Teraja (P4-P7) Melilas (M1-M2)
Sports Training Schedule (click here)
Event information above is correct at the time of printing. To keep up-todate with all school events, please go to: www.panagaschool.com/calendar.
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Five, 9th October 2020
Happy Birthday Nigeria! Nigeria was 60 on 1st October and children in Rampayoh enjoyed learning about why this day was special for some of our families. The children had the opportunity to visit the entrance foyer display and learn about Nigeria. They saw traditional clothes, instruments, jewellery and utensils. The teachers were very proud of the respect that all children showed when exploring the Nigerian instruments and artefacts. The children also demonstrated excellent enquiry skills, as they asked great questions to develop their knowledge about Nigeria.
On Friday, 2nd October, the children attended an assembly to help them reflect on their learning and develop a deeper understanding about Nigerian culture and traditions. They had lots of fun dancing and learning to sing a song to help them learn about the Nigerian flag. The children in Panaga School are very fortunate to have their learning environments enhanced to help them consider self and other when thinking about cultural identity. Many thanks to Miss Emma (P2) for working with Temi and Iyi’s parents and our Nigerian community to create this wonderful opportunity to learn about Nigerian culture. We welcome the opportunity to offer further learning experiences from all cultural groups. If you feel you are able to help coordinate a special day from your home country please let your child’s class teacher know. P2 Team Please visit https://drive.google.com/drive/ folders/1MnPLlx0r3Mtlx4x96MhzweetSSvOdmJa?usp=sharing for more wonderful photos from this event!
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Five, 9th October 2020
Parent & Teacher Association (PTA) Updates Thursday, 8th October, was our first PTA meeting for this school year, where funds were allocated to support student play and learning, events were planned and our 2020/2021 PTA executive were introduced. October to December PTA community events to look out for: •
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Friday 23.10.2020 - wear pink and donate to supporting breast cancer awareness “Crazy” dress up day School Disco End of year festive event
Yinka Idowu , our PTA President has now stepped down from this role, as her children have moved on from Panaga School. We thank Yinka for her years of service and dedication to our school community. We welcome Christina Boullion to the role of PTA President. Christina is an incredibly familiar volunteer at both Panaga School and right across the Panaga community. We thank parents and teachers who come together to form our PTA for the benefit of all students.
Pictured left to right: Kristy McGrath (PTA Treasurer and School Board Parent Representative), Christina Boullion (PTA President), Yinka Idowu (outgoing PTA President) and Sarah Harrison (PTA Secretary).
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Five, 9th October 2020
LSA Training
Supporting Early Childhood English Teaching and Additional Learning Needs This half term, the Additional Needs Team (ANT) have provided training to our Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) to support children’s learning across the school. Almost 20 Early Years LSAs from Pre-nursery, Nursery and P1 have been trained about English language learning in early childhood, led by Rachel Marsden, English Additional Language (EAL) specialist teacher. Through this 6 week program, LSAs have studied how children learn language, the importance of learning through play, and how to support language learning through our learning environments.
Discussing how children learn language.
Roleplaying our support strategies.
LSAs from Teraja and Melilas have also been following a 6 week training program with Mia France, ANT Lead Teacher. This program has focused on how to support children with barriers to their learning. Barriers included dyslexia, sensory processing difficulties, autism, ADHD and mathematical acquisition. The program also included a session devoted to general teaching practices that support all children.
Visiting the sensory circuit on Rampayoh to learn how to support children with sensory integration difficulties, ADHD and autism. By Miss Rachel and Miss Mia, ANT Department
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Phonics and Reading Parent Information Session Friday, 23rd October 7.45-8.15 a.m. Teraja Meeting Room Presenter: Rachel Marsden, English Language Teacher This workshop is for parents of children new to Phonics and to Panaga School. Phonics play an essential role in both reading and writing; it helps children to break down unfamiliar words when reading and supports the spelling process in writing. In this workshop, online resources and practical strategies will be shared so you can support your child at home with phonics and reading. Suitable for both English speaking families, and those with English as an additional language. To respect social distancing guidelines still in place, registration is limited to 20 participants (one person per family please). Please add your name, child’s name and class using this Google Doc link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I7x1R-X5Noaiv2bvLcUvl8CSGp9BcW0GOEJlcgZ3xQ/edit?usp=sharing
Miss Rachel
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Five, 9th October 2020
Recently, a small team of Rampayoh teachers had the opportunity to visit the new and evolving ‘Jungle School’ learning landscape at Hornbill School . It is grounded in the principles of Forest School and takes place in a natural environment to support the development of a lifelong relationship between the learner and the natural world. It is currently being led by the learning support assistant Vladislav Veljic. We are very grateful that he was able to share the developmental ethos of Forest Schools with us. He shared examples of the holistic growth opportunities to learners of a play based environment grounded in nature, where supported risk-taking allows confidence and self-esteem to flourish. It was wonderful to extend our knowledge on this and it provided many ideas on how elements of this can be created within our own setting, to support learner development within positive outdoor experiences and connections. Watch this space!
By the P2 Team
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This week, the children in Nursery enthusiastically came to school dressed up in clothes that said ’This is Me!’. The Orangutans and Sunbears started their exit point by walking proudly down the catwalk showing off their stunning outfits, followed by a performance of songs that we learnt during the unit. We are learning that we are all different and sometimes we like different things. We are also learning how to get along and play with other children in our Nursery.
Please visit https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hQpXZ2S7murh9OIRo_mywZdWuKG6dO6p? usp=sharing for more wonderful photos
By Miss Sur & Miss Louise
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We have learned about different primary and secondary sources in History.
We used sources to find out information about a mystery person.
We understand how sources can help us find out about the past.
By P4
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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Degas Below are a few examples of using art to help us understand the world of Explorers and Adventurers. Skill levels developed and the children have a greater understanding of the ‘Mother of American Modernism’- Georgia O’Keefe. After a visit from a parent who is a Fine Arts teacher, the P5 children were truly inspired to learn all about water colour painting.
By the P5 Team
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Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Five, 9th October 2020